I could not just sit and wait for my dear wife Karen and I to walk over to our friends Georgia and Bert’s house one block over from A Bitty Better to partake in a wonderful Thanksgiving bird and all the accompanying treats.
No. All that snow that had fallen a few days in front of the holiday in our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville was piled up on the deck off the back door. And I could hear it calling my name before our 3 p.m. stroll, arms full of our contributions, to their pretty house.
Lotta snow.
So a shoveling I went, from the side alcove to the deck. Two hours, I worked.
Clear it I did.
I discovered something interesting, as I sweated through my jacket and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle happily ran around the yard.
Pile I.
There are two proper places for me to place the snow.
The first is on the near side of the shed. That filled before I had even reached the deck.
Pile II.
The second is next to the left-side fence, as far from the pool as possible. I don’t want to steer our beloved rescue mutt near the pool cover.
I am glad that we’ve gotten somewhat of a melt since. Those pair of piles were pretty high. If this winter brings steady snow, I wonder where I will put the deposits from that deck.
Would you shovel the deck or let the show pile up? Would you throw the snow close by the deck, or carry it afar as I did? Where did you eat your turkey this year?
Mark Bialczak 
you beat us on the snow this year, except the blizzard during our michigan game. i’d say, always make at least a path )
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Yes, at least a path for Ellie B to get to the yard. 🙂
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Right!
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Whenever I shovel it doesn’t go far from where I took it from, that’s too much work in my book. 🙂
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You have snow before us Mark! I mean we had early snow but it has long since melted, so technically, you have snow before us! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. ❤
Diana xo
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I hate it when I run out of places to put the snow.
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Most definitely a walk thru is best. You don’t want to be stuck in the house. I mean what if some emergency happened – like you ran out of food? Snorts and oinks – priorities my friends. XOXO – Bacon
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I wish we have snow in this part of the world. Besides a snowman, my girls would love to make snow angels.
(人*´∀｀)+ﾟ:｡*ﾟ+
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Oh No more snow Terp??? Gatorette
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Same storm, different day of shoveling, Gatorette. 😮 Can’t get to it all at once at my age.
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Oh I thought you have another snow storm-No take it easy shoveling must be hard on the arms and backside Mark!!!
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Yes, it’s hard on all of me, Cheryl. Luckily, we are now in a melt. Waiting for the next one.
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